Belt-guide.



Patented Nov. I4-,'I899.

No. 636,95l.

.E. CAYEMBERG.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELI CAYEMBERG, on Bosman, WISCONSIN.

BELT-GUIDE.

SPECIAFICATION fOiIllng part Of Letters Patent N0. 636,951, dated. November 14, 1899.

I Application filed July 1"1,1898. Serial No. 685,659. (No model.)

To all whom t petty concern:

Beit known that I, ELI CAYEMBERG, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Rosiere, in the count-y of Kewaunee and State of Wiscousin, have invented a new and useful Belt- Guide, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a beltguide designed particularly for use in connection with the driving-belts of threshing and other machines; and the object lin view is to provide means for guiding theintermediate portions of a belt to prevent contact between the oppositely-moving sides thereof and to prevent deiection by reason of wind-pressure, and, furthermore, to provide a portable guide which may be arranged in the desired position with relation to the belt to suit the conditions under which the machine is operating.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective Viewof a belt-guide constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being arranged in operative position. Eig. 2 is a partial sectional View of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 designates a standard which, with the pivotally-connected braces 2, constitutes a tripod, said standard being provided at its upper end with an eye 3 and the braces with corresponding registering eyes 1l, which are connected thereto by means of an engaging pivot pin or bolt 5. The lower ends of the standardI and braces are pointed or sharpened to enter the ground-with facility, and iitted upon the squared and tapered lower portion ofthe standard is a stop-arm 6, having a squared eye 7 to engage the standard, and after the standard has been depressed to the desired depth in the soil a block, stone, or equivalent object of suitable size may be arranged under said stop-arm to prevent further depression during the use of the apparatus. A

The standard is preferably of cross-sectionally-angular construction, and fitted to slide thereon is a roller-frame 8, having upper and lower guides 9 and 10, of which one is provided with a set-screw 11 to'bear against the standard and lock the roller-frame at the desired adjustment or at the desired height to suit the belt which is to traverse the guide.

The roller-frame in the construction illustrated consists of abar of which the extremities are extended forwardly in parallel lines, the lower arm having sockets 12-and the uplper arm threaded openings 13. The twin rollers 14 and 1,5 are provided at their lower ends with trunnions 16, mounted in the sockets in the lower arm, and are provided at their upper ends with center sockets 17, in which are fitted the center points in the inner ends of adjustable spindles 18, threaded in the openings ofthe upper arm. In the construction illustrated these pivots consist of thumb-screws engaged with the threaded openings in the upper arm of the roller-frame and engaged by suitable jam-nuts 19 The apparatus as described is adapted to be arranged at an intermediate point between the driving and driven pulleys, respectively, of an engine and a threshing-machine, and the sides of the belt, which is indicated at 20, are arranged,respectively,between the rollers and outside of the front roller, whereby the front roller is interposed between the sides of the belt, while the rear side of the belt is interposed between the rollers. This frame should be so positioned as to face in the direction from which any Wind is blowing, whereby any tendency of the belt to bow underI the wind-pressure will bring the sides thereof, respectively, into contact with the rollers 14C and 15, thereby turning said rollers in opposite directions,whereas under normal conditions, when the belt is not deiiected by wind-pressure, the sides thereof vare held out of contact by the front roller, which is located between Ysaid sides.

The device as described is portable and may be folded with the braces or legs parallel with the standard for transportation upon the traction engine or threshing machine, and it will be understood, furthermore, that the same may be arranged in any desired p0- sition to suit the conditions under which. the

machinery is being operated.

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In order to arrange the belt with relation to the` front and rear rollers of the Vguide, it

is obvious that the front roller must be dismounted, and the means which I have above described for mounting the rollers provides for this removal of lthe front roller with faeility, it being necessary simply to loosen the thumb-screw and withdraw the roller laterally from the roller-frame.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a belt-guide, a standard, a U-shaped roller-frame disposed in the same upright plane as the standard and having its closed side resting fiat against and slidable upon the standard, clips embracing the standard and the contiguous side of the frame to provide for guiding the latter and holding it rigid in any adjusted position, and a pair of twin parallel rollers arranged lengthwise of the rollerframe, and supported by bearings carried by the parallel arms of the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. In a beltguide, a standard, folding braces'conneoted at their upper ends to the upper end of the standard, a U -shaped rollerframe disposed in the same upright plane as the standard, and having its closed side resting flat against and slidable upon the standard, means for guiding the roller-frame upon the standard and holding it rigid in yany adj usted position, a pair of spaced parallel rollers arranged lengthwise Within the roller frame, and bearings carried by the frame for said rollers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed my signature in 4o the presence of two witnesses.

ELI CAYEMBERG.

Witnesses:

JENNIE MAssART, F. F. MAssAR'r. 

